ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Ultra high temperature ceramic matrix composites (UHTCC) are being considered as the mostpromising materials for leading edge and nose cap of hypersonic spacecrafts, reusable space vehicles andso on. In the paper, 2D carbon fiber cloth reinforced silicon carbide-tantalum carbide (2D SiC-TaC)UHTCC was fabricated by slurry-pasting and precursor infiltration pyrolysis process (PIP). Influences ofthe volume ratio (10, 20, 30, 60, 80 and 100%) of TaC powder on mechanical properties and ablativeresistance of 2D C/SiC-TaC composites were studied. The results showed that the relative density ofcomposites with 60vol% TaC powder was the highest, the flexural strength of the composites reached356MPa and the mass loss rate and recession rate were 0.0116g/s and 0.026mm/s respectively, whilethose of C/SiC composites were 0.0166g/s and 0.062mm/s respectively. Moreover, the higher TaCpowder content, the smaller the fracture toughness of the composites was. The fracture toughness of the2D C/SiC-TaC composites with 100vol% TaC powder was only 8.69 MPa-m1/2, while that of C/SiCcomposites was over 15.0 MPa-m1/2
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/56/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.368-372.1771.pdf
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